To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales.
The most acclaimed Star Trek adventure of all time with an important message. It is the 23rd century, and a mysterious alien probe is threatening Earth by evaporating the oceans and destroying the atmosphere. In their frantic attempt to save mankind, Admiral Kirk and his crew must time travel back to 1986 San Francisco where they find a world of punk, pizza and exact-change buses that are as alien to them as anything they have ever encountered in the far-off reaches of the galaxy. William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy return as Kirk and Spock, along with the entire Star Trek crew.Written by
Robert Lynch <docrlynch@yahoo.com>
This is the only Star Trek feature film where no one dies (including all films between Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and Star Trek Beyond (2016)). Any killing referenced in this film - such as the whales' extinction, deaths of the Klingons from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), the punk rocker's song "I Hate You", and Dr. McCoy's "Spanish Inquisition" comment - occur outside the film's timeline. See more »
Goofs
The probe left the Saratoga and the Yorktown powerless and adrift in space. They remained powerless for at least 3 hours. When the probe left the vicinity of Earth later in the movie, all power sources on Earth spacedock and the planet itself came back to life immediately. See more »
Quotes
McCoy:
You, ah, realize of course that if we give him the formula we're altering the future.
Scotty:
Why? How do we know he didn't invent the thing?
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Crazy Credits
The ending credits play on top of photos and clips from the film. See more »
Alternate Versions
The film was originally released in 1986, which was the 75th Anniversary of Paramount Studios. Accordingly, the opening logo for the film originally had the 75th Anniversary sign on it, as did the original video release. All subsequent video releases (and at least some 35mm film prints) have included the regular Paramount logo. See more »
This one is great-I remember laughing my butt off the first time I saw it, and it still works now. Very well done, the time travel angle was better handled here then it has been in other Trek films, shows, etc.-and one thing that makes this work is that they didn't take themselves too seriously. What a romp! The crew come back to save the whales so they can save themselves in the future-and make some commentary on 1986, too.
Personally I donno if this is the best of the run-Undiscovered Country and Khan are its main competition-but I applaud them for doing this; and hope they can lighten up the newer generation too now. It is needed.
*** outta ****, good stuff.
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This one is great-I remember laughing my butt off the first time I saw it, and it still works now. Very well done, the time travel angle was better handled here then it has been in other Trek films, shows, etc.-and one thing that makes this work is that they didn't take themselves too seriously. What a romp! The crew come back to save the whales so they can save themselves in the future-and make some commentary on 1986, too.
Personally I donno if this is the best of the run-Undiscovered Country and Khan are its main competition-but I applaud them for doing this; and hope they can lighten up the newer generation too now. It is needed.
*** outta ****, good stuff.